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Practising what you preach: How cosmopolitanism promotes willingness to redistribute across the European Union

Journal

Journal of European Public Policy

Volume | Issue number

25 | 12

Pages (from-to)

1759-1778

Document type

Article

Faculty

Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences (FMG)

Institute

Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR)Amsterdam School of Communication Research (ASCoR)

Abstract

The political fault lines surrounding the European sovereign debt crisis have underlined the high political relevance and
the fragile foundation of public support for international redistribution in the European Union. Against the backdrop of an
emerging political integration-demarcation divide, this article examines how cosmopolitanism structures people’s willingness
to redistribute internationally in the European Union. To this aim, we conducted laboratory experiments on redistributive
behaviour towards other European citizens in the United Kingdom and Germany and analysed cross-national survey data on support
for international redistribution covering the EU-28. Findings suggest that cosmopolitanism increases generosity towards other
Europeans and support for international redistribution even when controlling for self-interest, support for national redistribution,
concern for others, and political ideology.

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